(Photo courtesy of Imagine Homes) Texas cities dominate the healthy-market list. San Antonio has been named by Builder magazine as among the nation’s healthiest cities. No, it doesn’t have to do with our waistlines. It’s about our housing market. Builder magazine and Hanley Wood Market Intelligence looked at the 75 largest markets in the country […]
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(Associated Press) President Obama’s new $75 billion foreclosure prevention plan met with mixed response from some Texas real estate experts. “For any aid package to be effective, the implementation of the plan must be swift as these distressed homeowners need assistance as quickly as possible,” said George Roddy Sr., president of Foreclosure Listing Service Inc. […]
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Dallas-based Weitzman Group and its affiliate Cencor Realty Services announced Wednesday that the two have formed a new group that will focus on distressed commercial real estate. Cencor Solutions will focus on brokerage and management services to retail properties, and will search for assets to buy from lenders and investors. The group will focus on […]
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(Photo courtesy of Waterfront Lifestyles International) You can own a part of the Alegria ship. Not content with living in a plain old boring high-rise condo? Why not buy one on a boat. That’s right, for as little as $159,000 (plus a monthly condo fee) you can own a little piece of paradise right on […]
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The Downtown Alliance and the Urban Land Institute will roll out this year’s Urban Renaissance series with a lunchtime talk about street trolleys on Feb. 23. San Antonio had one of the best street trolley systems in the country at one time. Of course, that was something like 100 years ago, but who’s counting? The luncheon […]
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San Antonio ended 2008 with a 5.5 percent drop in median home price for the fourth quarter. But some Texas cities led the nation in price appreciation. The Beaumont-Port Arthur area had the largest increase for single-family homes of any of the 153 MSAs tracked by the National Association of Realtors, according to a release […]
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The latest commercial foreclosure postings are out, and there were 64 properties that posted for the March foreclosure auction. The following are some notable properties (valued at more than $10 million) that have been posted for the March foreclosure auction: 3903 Barrington Street, the Park at Ventana Apartments11501 Braesview, the Braesview Apartments10707 Interstate 10, the […]
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(Courtesy Condos.com) New trendy condos are usually in towers and converted industrial sites — and they are stationary. But in 2010, the lock and leave condo lifestyle will get a twist with condos you can take on your domestic travels. River Cities Condos plans to open 185 to 200 condos on a collection of connected […]
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(Courtesy Specia Custom Homes) Looking for ways to attract buyers? Builder Specia Custom Homes has taken to holding “construction parties.” Its first party was held this month at a Terrell Hills home site on Wiltshire. During the parties, potential buyers are escorted through a home under construction before the sheetrock goes up. Specia employees point […]
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Frost Insurance has signed a lease for 13,500 square feet of space at the John Yantis Center at 3611 Paesanos Parkway off Loop 1604. The 34,000-square-foot building is owned by the Yantis Co., which also occupies the site as its headquarters. With the signing, the building is now 100 percent occupied by the two tenants. […]
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